In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Do you live a lie?
Are you lost in life?
On the wane tonight
Like every night
Do you live a lie?
Would you like to try?
In this world of vainly missions
I'm a god of superstition
Would you grant me a savage prison?
Within the walls of your decisions
If you hurt me I won't recover
Don't you turn me down
We are all living a lie
Would you like to try?
In these halls of time
We are all giving
In for another day
We shall pass away
On the break of day
We're lost anyway
Do you live a lie?
Do you stand me by?
Would you cope for my existence?
Would you last or cease persistence?
I'm the moon and the seventh dreamer
You're the hewn and a lost redeemer
Heavenworks for a welkin at dusk
You're a frail outcast
Recall the fragments of a broken life
Just like a shattered soul divine
You are the treason-reflecting eyes
You are the darkness that sets in every light
Are you lost in life?
On the wane tonight
Like every night
Do you live a lie?
Would you like to try?
In this world of vainly missions
I'm a god of superstition
Would you grant me a savage prison?
Within the walls of your decisions
If you hurt me I won't recover
Don't you turn me down
We are all living a lie
Would you like to try?
In these halls of time
We are all giving
In for another day
We shall pass away
On the break of day
We're lost anyway
Do you live a lie?
Do you stand me by?
Would you cope for my existence?
Would you last or cease persistence?
I'm the moon and the seventh dreamer
You're the hewn and a lost redeemer
Heavenworks for a welkin at dusk
You're a frail outcast
Recall the fragments of a broken life
Just like a shattered soul divine
You are the treason-reflecting eyes
You are the darkness that sets in every light
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